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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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